Thanks for your comments, Erik. Feasibility is overrated. Tbug On Mar 6, 1:03 am, erik berry <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been ruminating about this one. I've never really perused the > agendas for Monroe Camp before, but I am curious about them, so I > guess I'll just sort of ramble on about what I'd like or expect in a > multi-day workshop about Bill Monroe primarily targeted at > mandolinists with some "name" faculty. I've always wanted to go to > something like this but there's always something in the way. Some of > this stuff I'm sure has been covered, but I'm just sort of > brainstorming for my own amusement and if there's one or two ideas > here worth something, all right. > > They are in no particular order and they are given without regard to > feasibility. > > leading or "carrying" the band with a mando > interacting with a fiddle > playing and deconstructing the melody > accompanying soloists (like to see some hot fiddle and banjo faculty > here) > playing and singing/accompanying another singer > singing lead and tenor > playing dance music (uh, old-time country dance music) > playing with a mic > country blues--history, theory, some jamming, a guitar based class for > mandolinists > scotch-irish music--history, theory, some jamming, a fiddle based > class for mandolinists > western swing--see above > The style today--Compton on EC and the Sugarcanes > And tho I don't think WSM ever did it, I'd like to see a mainenance > class, including how to do your own set ups and fret dressings > > And I guess I'd expect to have to know some particular tunes before I > got there, just so we all could talk about common ground. I don't know > what they'd be, but I think MP3s and .pdfs of notes/tabs on a websidte > accessable to students before the workshop would be awesome, so > everybody knows what "roanoke" is and sort of how to play it, for > example. > > here's some stuff where the mando stays in its case > > bagpipe concert > old time dance w/lessons (preferably night before the class on playing > hornpipes, breakdowns, schoettishes, etc) > country blues show > Monroe storytime, hosted by Bluegrass Boys and friends. > History of Rosine, KY; southern migration north and subsequent > economic developments; history of Nashville music scene > A Stetson vedor! > Country cooking primer > And this one's just for me--balancing your mandolin and your chickens, > or the value of hard work on the land. > > Well this was fun. Won't see you in Sept. I expect but I'll be > interested in the reports. > > erik > > On Mar 5, 5:58 pm, Mando Chef <[email protected]> wrote: > > > right hand, right hand, right hand... > > this triplet stuff as in this video at about 3:20 Mike blazes down > > just before getting to the triplet line we all do in this > > tune...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl811xQI43c > > How to truly break a tune down by ear! when I attack a tune by ear I > > get a feel of the tune... I don't get the exact notes. > > Abosolutely the rhythm stuff... there is this video > > -http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=... > > to show "Tater rhythm" > > > Adam
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